Paul J. Bracher
bracher (at) slu.edu
www.paulbracher.com
(314) 977-2841
2010–2013
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| Monsanto Hall – Chemistry | bracher (at) slu.edu |
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| 3501 Laclede Avenue | www.paulbracher.com |
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| St. Louis, MO 63103 | (314) 977-2841 |
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| APPOINTMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis University | St. Louis, MO | 2013–present | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant Professor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2010–2013 |
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advisor: Professor Harry B. Gray | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 2002–2010 |
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| Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advisor: Professor George M. Whitesides | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis Title: | "I. Delivery Templates of Patterned Paper for the Fabrication of Planar Materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| II. Thiol–Thioester Exchange as a Reversible, Covalent Binding Interaction" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York University | New York, NY | 1998–2002 |
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| Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with Departmental Honors, Summa Cum Laude | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unweighted Cumulative GPA: 3.966/4.000; GPA in Major: 4.000/4.000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advisor: Professor David I. Schuster | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis Title: | "The Synthesis and Photophysics of Porphyrin–Fullerene Dyads" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA | 1994–1998 |
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| Fairfax County Advanced Studies Diploma | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unweighted Cumulative GPA: 4.000/4.000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advisor: Dr. John Liebermann, Jr. – Chemical Analysis Laboratory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Project: | "The Effect of Counteranion Structure on the Critical Micelle Concentration of TTA" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| AWARDS AND RECOGNITION | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Science Foundation American Competitiveness in Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellow | 2010–2012 |
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| Fieser Student Lecture Prize at Harvard | 2009 |
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| Harvard Origins-of-Life Initiative Fellow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dudley R. Herschbach Teaching Award at Harvard | 2005 |
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| Harvard Committee on Undergraduate Education Certificate of Distinction in Teaching | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Borgman/Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Best Thesis in the Sciences at NYU | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYU College of Arts and Science Class Commencement Representative | 2002 |
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| NYU Distinguished Chemist / Departmental Scholar Award | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York University Honors Scholar | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of New York Chapter | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barry M. Goldwater Scholar | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harold Seidenstein Memorial Award in Chemistry at NYU | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Research Scholar | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Lambda Chapter, Honorary Chemistry Society | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hema Sakhrani Memorial Award in Chemistry at NYU | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel F.B. Morse Scholar at NYU | 1998–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States Office of Naval Research Scholar | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYU College of Arts and Science Dean's List | 1998–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States National Chemistry Olympiad Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Today All-USA High School Academic Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Science Talent Search Grand Prize | 1998 |
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| Westinghouse/Intel Science Talent Search Finalist | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instructor for Chem 343: "Principles of Organic Chemistry II" | Summer 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instructor for Chem 346: "Organic Chemistry I" | Fall 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instructor for Chem 347: "Organic Chemistry II" | Spring 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instructor for Chem 391: "Introduction to Chemical Literature" | Fall 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-Instructor for Chem 500: "Introduction to Chemical Research" | Summer 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Fellow for Chem 27: "The Organic Chemistry of Life" | Spring 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Fellow for Chem 30: "Organic Chemistry" | Fall 2003, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Assistant for "Organic Chemistry Laboratory II" | Spring 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publications | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17) | Russell, M.J.; Barge, L.M.; Bhartia, R.; Bocanegra, D.; Bracher, P.J.; Branscomb, E.; Kidd, R.; McGlynn, S.; Meier, D.H.; Nitschke, W.; Shibuya, T.; Vance, S.; White, L.; Kanik, I. “The Drive to Life on Wet and Icy Worlds.” Astrobiology, 2014, 14, 308–343. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16) | Bracher, P.J.; Gray, H.B. H.N. Cheng, S. Shah, and M.L. Wu (eds.) "Chemists: Public Outreach is an Essential Investment of Time, not a Waste of It." in Vision 2025 – How to Succeed in the Global Chemistry Enterprise, ACS Symposium Series 1157, ACS Books: Washington, DC, 2014, pp. 37–50. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15) | Marinescu, S.C.; Bracher, P.J.; Winkler, J.R.; Gray, H.B. “Solar Fuels.” AIP Conf. Proc. 2013, 1519, 64–67. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14) | Mack, E.T.; Bracher, P.J.; Perez-Castillejos, R.C. “Thermodynamic Analysis to Assist in the Design of Recombinant Antibodies.” Crit. Rev. Immunol. 2012, 32, 503–527. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13) | Bracher, P.J.; Snyder, P.W.; Bohall, B.R.; Whitesides, G.M. "The Relative Rates of Thiol–Thioester Exchange and Hydrolysis for Alkyl and Aryl Thioalkanoates in Water" Orig. Life Evol. Biosph., 2011, 41, 399–412. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12) | Derda, R.; Bracher, P.J. “YouTube or You Lose: Grand Challenges Canada Explores Whether Scientists are Ready for Web-Based Grant Competitions”, ACS Chem. Bio. 2011, 6, 771–774. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11) | Bracher, P.J. "Safety for Beginners." (An invited review of Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students, by R.H. Hill, Jr. and D.C. Finster) Nat. Chem., 2011, 3, 91. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bracher, P.J.; Gupta, M.; Whitesides, G.M. "Patterned Paper as a Template for the Delivery of Reactants in the Fabrication of Planar Materials." Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 4303–4309. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bracher, P.J.; Gupta, M.; Whitesides, G.M. "Patterning Precipitates of Reactions in Paper." J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 5117–5122. (DOI) (Highlight) |
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Bracher, P.J.; Gupta, M.; Mack, E.T.; Whitesides, G.M. "Heterogeneous Films of Ionotropic Hydrogels Fabricated from Delivery Templates of Patterned Paper." ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2009, 1, 1807–1812. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bracher, P.J.; Gupta, M.; Whitesides, G.M. "Shaped Films of Ionotropic Hydrogels Fabricated Using Templates of Patterned Paper." Adv. Mater., 2009, 21, 445–450. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dickey, M.D.; Lipomi, D.J.; Bracher, P.J.; Whitesides, G.M. "Electrically Addressable Parallel Nanowires with 30 nm Spacing from Micromolding and Nanoskiving." Nano Lett., 2009, 8, 4568–4573. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winkleman, A.; Bracher, P.J.; Gitlin, I.; Whitesides, G.M. "Fabrication and Manipulation of Ionotropic Hydrogels Cross-Linked by Paramagnetic Ions." Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 1362–1368. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Krishnamurthy, V.M.; Semetey, V.; Bracher, P.J.; Shen, N.; Whitesides, G.M. "Dependence of Effective Molarity on Linker Length for an Intramolecular Protein-Ligand System." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 1312–1320. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li, K.; Bracher, P.J.; Guldi, D.M.; Herranz, M.Á.; Echegoyen, L.; Schuster, D.I. "[60]Fullerene-Stopped Porphyrinorotaxanes: Pronounced Elongationof Charge-Separated-State Lifetimes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 9156–9157. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guldi, D.M.; Nuber, B.; Bracher, P.J.; Alabi, C.A.; MacMahon, S.; Kukol, J.W.; Wilson, S.R.; Schuster, D.I. "Synthesis and Photophysical Study of a Copper-Porphyrin-Styrene-C60 Hybrid." J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003, 107, 3215–3221. (DOI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bracher, P.J.; Schuster, D.I. "Electron Transfer in Functionalized Fullerenes" in Fullerenes: From Synthesis to Optoelectronic Properties, D.M. Guldi and N. Martín (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2002. (Link) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2) | Bracher, P.J.; Ryan, D.; Bohall, B.R. “Permanent and Reversible Attachment of Molecules to Substrates Bearing Thioester Bonds,” PCT Int. Appl. WO 2012/051425A1. (Link) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Whitesides, G.M.; Gupta, M.; Bracher, P.J.; Rozkiewicz, D.; Wong, A; Mack, E. "Shaped Films of Hydrogels Fabricated Using Templates of Patterned Paper." PCT Int. Appl. WO 2009/121038A2. (Link) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 | Invited Talks/Lectures | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Talks at Scientific Meetings | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Poster Presentations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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